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NZCA LINES return with new album 'Infinite Summer',
released on 22nd January 2016. It will be the first release for their
new label home Memphis Industries (Polica, Field Music, Dutch Uncles).

The follow up to 2012's well-received self-titled album, 'Infinite
Summer' sees main man Michael Lovett joined by Charlotte
Hatherley (Bat For Lashes, Ash) and Sarah Jones (Hot Chip), to create a
record that marries sci-fi futurism to personal intimacies.

Since NZCA LINES' debut record, Lovett has finished an
illustration degree, directed the video for last year's single 'New
Atmosphere' - a statement of intent for 'Infinite Summer' and
the first glimpse of his fictional Cairo-Athens, a giant city of
monuments, ennui and 24 hour parties - as well as honing his skills in
the studio with Christine & The Queens and touring as part of
Metronomy's live band.

Recorded over the last two years with Charlie Alex March as studio
co-conspirator, and mixed by David Newfeld (Broken Social Scene, Super
Furry Animals), 'Infinite Summer' is an emotional and dark LP,
refracting Lovett's personal life through the guise of a concept album.
Influenced by the likes of Arthur C. Clark, Brian Aldiss, JG Ballard,
Clifford Simak and Philip K Dick, Michael explains further, "The album
is based around the idea of a far-future Earth, where the sun has
expanded to the size of a red giant and our extinction is imminent. Half
of the world is covered by a city that clings to the past and embraces
its destruction, whilst the other half is trying to rebuild, create and
make something new. Yet, it's good on both sides because it's warm
everywhere and people just party most of the time."

Musically, Michael looked to Daft Punk ('Discovery' / 'Interstellar 5555'),
Sebastien Tellier, Genesis ('Lamb Lies Down on Broadway' era), and Prince
- and bringing Hatherley and Jones on board was a natural step for
Lovett as he pushed to evolve the NZCA LINES sound. Despite the
new, larger line up, 'Infinite Summer' is a more intimate and
refined record; during the initial songwriting process, March challenged
Lovett to create tracks that boiled down to piano chords and one vocal
however elaborate the final production would end up been.

Reflecting these Gallic influences, 'Infinite Summer' opens
with 'Approach' with its French narration describing the edge of
'Cairo-Athens', a barren desert, beyond which, lies only mysteries and
half-forgotten places and sets the cinematic tone of the album. The
expansive 'Persephone Dreams' follows, a propulsive slice of epic
electro-pop that climaxes with dueling steel drums (by Fimber Bravo) and
shredding guitar. 'Persephone Dreams' is about the memory of love
from a distance, with Lovett singing "If only the wind slowed down,
I'd feel you were here somehow, It carries me back, Straight into
you" before taking a darker, more possessive mood with the refrain: "Do
you really want it all to change? Only when I've been counting the
hours here waiting for you."

The record unfurls through brooding, sensual beats, dazzling synths and
melancholic vocals that take you on a different journey on every track.
Whilst 'Infinite Summer' and 'Do It Better' focus on
the idea of an enlarged sun that would bring us joy and terror, there
are glimmers of Michael's personal life running throughout. 'Two
Hearts' is perhaps the most telling of Lovett's actual reality, having
begun a new relationship in 2013, one based around distance, the
feelings that arise from that situation mirror some of the frustrations
of living on this far-future Earth.

Framed by its loose concept, 'Infinite Summer's hyper
melodicism sees NZCA LINES explore stellar new territories that
position them as one of 2016 most enticing and rewarding prospects.